Two Male Leads, Master and Disciple, Cultivation, Angst, and a Master With No Will to Survive 双楠，师赁，修仙，虐文，师尊没有求生欲

1. 1 穿 Book Transmigration: After Giving Up, My Mad Disciple Gets His Comeuppance 穿书：死心后，疯批孽徒火葬场了 Waiting for the Wind 511等风来511Two Male Leads199k WordsOngoing A possessive, unhinged demon lord disciple gong VS a cool, seemingly blind, sickly beauty shizun shou Note: The disciple is a real scumbag early on! Later, he’ll have to chase his wife through the fire! [Angst + unhinged + System + possessive + transmigrate into a book + wife-chasing crematorium + two male leads] For details, please read the reading guide in the reviews! One more thing: I only started this book because there’s something wrong with my brain. The characters haven’t done anything w 381Reads8.8Score11214d adds

   Reader note

   The first book was incredibly angsty. The second book was angsty at the beginning but got better later, not too angsty. I read the third book a while ago and forgot a bit, so it wasn't too angsty either.

2. 2 黑 The Darkened Master's Guide to Redemption 黑化师尊洗白手册 Fire-Worshipping Heavenly Venerable Who Likes Astilbes喜欢落新妇的拜火天尊Two Male Leads500k WordsCompleted A cool, aloof master burdened by a sea of blood and vengeance x a scoundrel at first, a devoted loyalist later How will a beautiful, powerful, tragic master and the disciple who brings his aloof master down from his pedestal fight and fall in love, hate and stay devoted to each other? Two male leads, no female lead. 299Reads7.1Score—14d adds
3. 3 穿 Book Transmigration: After Failing to Escape from My Sickly-Obsessive Disciple 穿书：从病娇徒弟身边逃走失败后 Cabbage Won't Haggle白菜不砍价、Two Male Leads249k WordsCompleted A snow-white, aloof, otherworldly beauty of a master, adored by all * A tragic, possessive, universally disliked, yandere disciple Shen Xiuyun stayed up all night reading a novel, accidentally died, and transmigrated into the story as a sickly, beautiful master. By the time he arrived, the story was already in its latter half. Shen Xiuyun: “Help! The master is in the Demon Realm, and his disciple has completely lost it. What should I do?” System: “Run. If you succeed once, you can go home.” Shen 5.8kReads9.4Score87014d adds
4. 4 虐 After Torturing My Master to Death, the Demon Lord Pursues His Husband to the Ends of the Earth 虐死师尊后，魔尊他追夫火葬场 Flowers Falling in Misty Rain烟雨花落Two Male Leads61k WordsCompleted A white-haired, emotionless cultivator who killed her husband to prove her righteousness VS her disciple, a corrupted ancient Demon Venerable Five hundred years ago, the greatest genius of the Immortal Sect killed her husband during their wedding ceremony to prove her righteousness. Five hundred years later, Xuan Ye, the disciple Rong Li had killed, transformed into an ancient Demon Venerable and came to take revenge on her. He imprisoned her, abused her, and humiliated her. He turned the once-r 563Reads8.4Score10614d adds

   Reader note

   It's really good, one of them is especially heartbreaking.

5. 5 反 After the Villainous Master's Death, His Traitorous Disciple Went Mad 反派师尊死后，逆徒他疯批了 Yi Cheng Fengyu一橙风语Two Male Leads710k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book as the villainous master × his fallen disciple] [Two male leads + hilarious System + a groveling pursuit after the breakup + younger, dangerously obsessive male lead] [This is a deranged groveling romance so awful even the System wants to quit!] Whether it was cutting off his feet, or disfiguring him, or even the time three hundred years ago when Li Fuyi personally ripped out his master's immortal bones to save his own favored disciple... Whenever Li Fuyi came, the mast 2kReads7.3Score58314d adds
6. 6 师 After His Master’s Death, the Disciple Who Hated Him Went Mad 师尊死后，恨他入骨的孽徒疯了 Yaoyao Yue妖妖月Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + one-on-one romance, both have only ever been with each other + angsty drama + groveling reconciliation + short story] “Master, your Path of Passionlessness has shattered to pieces because of me…” “Master, you never would have guessed that your precious disciple is a demon…” “Master, the way you wag your tail and beg for pleasure in front of your disciple is truly… disgusting.” Two years ago, Ji Cangye threw Yan Leng, who had been poisoned by an aphrodisiac, into a brothel and w 653Reads8.1Score10214d adds
7. 7 守 Protecting My Depressed, Ailing Master 守护我的致郁病美人师尊 The Blue Planet蔚蓝的星球Two Male Leads750k WordsOngoing Master Gao Ling (Ling, second tone), disciple Zhan Chi. The story has no fixed point of view and is told in the third person. He was Zhan Chi’s master, the one who rescued him from hardship, yet left him to fend for himself for thirteen years. When Zhan Chi stumbled upon his master’s secret, he discovered that his master was the very enemy he had spent years searching for: the man who had killed his parents, driven him into demonic cultivation, and imprisoned him for three years. Zhan Chi fled a 108Reads8.7Score—14d adds

   Reader note

   (Book 1) Shuangnan, a cultivation story, master and disciple. His master rescued him from suffering but neglected him for three years. One day, he stumbled upon his master's secret, discovering he was the one he had been searching for all these years—the one who caused him to become a demon, killed his parents, and imprisoned him. He escaped, gradually becoming the infamous Demon Lord, capturing his master and torturing him until death. But this death became his inner demon, leading to his rebirth…

8. 8 穿EN Trapped in a Novel: The Stunning Villain and the Darkened Hero's Obsessive Love 穿书：绝美反派被黑化男主强制爱 Cheng Nezha城哪吒Two Male Leads471k WordsCompleted (Complete) BL + both leads are chaste + transmigrate into a book + cultivation + confinement Straight man Ning Ke wakes up one day inside the cultivation novel written by his younger sister. From the start, he’s destined to be the villain, tortured and killed by the male lead! Fortunately, a System appears at the crucial moment and binds itself to him. It turns back time and sends him to the male lead’s past to fix plot holes and keep himself alive! So Ning Ke dons secret identities and, one aft 11.1kReads9.6Score1.7k14d adds
9. 9 社 The Socially Anxious Master Rips Up the Script That Made Everyone Hate Him 社恐师尊手撕万人嫌剧本 Ze Que泽雀Two Male Leads686k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Yandere + Transmigrate into a Book + Villain] Socially anxious master x yandere disciple, with the disciple younger Transmigrated into the role of a despised cannon-fodder master, Yan Huailiu finds the System offline from the start. A severe social phobic, he's stuck with the task of reforming the villain and plans to keep his head down until the ending, then go home. Facing his villain disciple as he grows up, Yan Huailiu tries desperately to curry favor: “What a good boy yo 6.8kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
10. 10 清 The Aloof Master Twists His Waist, and the Mad Demon Lord's Soul Takes Flight 清冷师尊会扭腰，疯批魔尊魂会飘 Cloudlight Rusts云光生锈Two Male Leads270k WordsCompleted [A mad, possessive Demon Venerable who cries easily × a cool, aloof Divine Venerable who loses his temper] [Two male leads + Demon Venerable VS Divine Venerable + intense push and pull + pure-hearted madman] Divine Venerable Di Changqing never imagined that one day he would actually team up with the Demon Venerable Ye Moze! He is the Divine Venerable seated high upon the altar, while the other is a demon god despised by all. The two have been enemies since ancient times, but an accident entangle 1.5kReads9.2Score18614d adds

    Reader note

    This bag doesn't have it.

11. 11 太 Big Brother Crown Prince, Behave Yourself. Don't Push the Sickly Young Lord into Darkness 太子哥哥听话，别惹病娇世子黑化 Dot Seven Nine丶七九Two Male Leads235k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + possessive, lovesick yandere + coercive romance + sweet and doting, no angst] [Food-loving, emotionally detached bottom Su Zhi × secretly possessive yandere top Luo Yunchen] After Su Zhi dies, a System binds him and sends his soul into the crown prince of the Great Yin dynasty. His mission is to reduce the male lead’s corruption value and repair the original world. The crown prince brings a wounded, pitiful young lord back to his room. He dresses his wounds, tends to him with c 6kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds

    Reader note

    After his death, his soul was bound to a system and transmigrated from the apocalypse. His mission was to eliminate the cyst's corruption value and restore the original world. A certain prince took the injured little darling into his room, bandaged and cared for him, and fed him tenderly and gently, determined to fatten him up and make him fall in love with this world again.

12. 12 影 Lord Shadowguard 影卫大人 Pickled Cabbage Filling Bun酸菜馅包子Two Male Leads153k WordsCompleted Gu Ning had been H Country’s top assassin and an undercover agent in his previous life. He thought it would all be over when he died, but instead he became a shadow guard, not yet ten years old and newly purchased by a prince’s estate. He trained hard for twelve years, and his adult mind made it easy for him to learn anything. He soon became one of the four top shadow guards of Prince Qing’s estate, second only to the Head Shadow Guard, and was fortunate enough to receive the name Gu Ning from h 3.9kReads9.4Score52214d adds
13. 13 少 The Blood of Youth 少年歌行 Zhou Munan周木楠Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted The live-action adaptation of The Blood of Youth premieres exclusively on December 26. A passionate young man dressed in red, a penny-pinching owner of a dilapidated tavern, and the first disciple of a powerful martial clan: the three seem to have nothing in common, until they meet one snowy night. Each with their own agenda, they set out together to escort a coffin made of gold to the frontier city of Bilo. Along the way, they are hunted by forces from every side: the elite assassin duo Yue Ji 5.3kReads9.5Score64714d adds
14. 14 重 Reborn: The Whole Sect Ships Me with My Master 重生全宗门都在磕我和师尊的CP Brat竖子Two Male Leads346k WordsCompleted [1] ◆Two male leads! No female lead! You’d better read the synopsis, got it?! If you don’t read it and I chew you out, you’d better just take it! ◆Originally titled My Venerable Master, Your Disciple Has Been Reborn. This book has a sequel, and the two together total 637,000 words. ◆The story focuses on everyday life between master and disciple. If that’s not for you, you can leave! If you like stories about bonds within a cultivation sect, those come later! The pacing is very slow! I warned you 1.2kReads9.1Score18114d adds
15. 15 魔 The Demon Venerable Senior Brother Below: The Immortal Venerable Junior Brother Goes Heh Heh Heh 魔尊师兄在下：仙尊师弟桀桀桀 Zi Xing子醒Two Male Leads354k WordsCompleted [This! Is! A! Women’s! Fiction! Male-male leads! Romance! Male readers, proceed with caution!! Who else! Who else doesn’t read the blurb or tags! Ah!! Who else!!!] [Goofy, awkward, absurdly satisfying, unconventional and ridiculous. Two old men, neither grows as a person. Invincible from the start, with no rivals or pressure. No cultivation, no fighting, no humiliating the opposition. They’re just playing around, playing around, playing around!! Ah!!! Everyone, read the blurb!!!] (The blurb belo 5.8kReads9.5Score82714d adds
16. 16 美 The Beautiful Immortal Lord Is a Little Sweet 美人仙尊有点甜 Jiu Bai九白Two Male Leads293k WordsOngoing Happy ending, updated as often as possible [Two male leads] Younger gong, younger gong, younger gong. The gong is gentle only toward the shou. Don’t worry about all the loose ends early on. They’ll all be tied up later. A model young man from the 21st century falls off a cliff while filming and transmigrates, becoming the beautiful Immortal Venerable of the Sword Sec 26Reads7.0Score—14d adds
17. 17 穿 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Become the Male Lead's Laid-Back Master 穿书后我成了男主的咸鱼师尊 Zhou Chi周池Two Male Leads252k WordsCompleted Scheming, clingy young disciple × easygoing, considerate master Song Yu is an ordinary office worker and an upstanding young man of the twenty-first century who occasionally reads novels. He never imagined that after waking up one day, he would transmigrate into a book! Worse, he'd just beaten up Han Chenye, the book's biggest and strongest golden thigh. Song Yu's mind went blank as he stared at the person kneeling on the ground. This is bad, this is really bad. Luckily, luckily, Han Chenye is s 117Reads8.3Score—14d adds
18. 18 绑 After Binding to a System, I Caught a Villain in the Cultivation World 绑定系统后，我在修真界钓到反派 Xi Qinghua Yi熙晴画易Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted Main Couple: Chu Han X Luo Qingyu Secondary Couple: Song Qianzhi X Hua Wumian [Available as an audio drama with voice actors] [Transmigrate into a book + System + sweet romance + 1v1 + male-male romance + cultivation] [First installment in the series] [Scheming and cunning X cool and devoted] [Loads of secondary couples!] Content warning: A fluffy, feel-good story with no regard for logic. Every plot point exists to serve the romance. An unconventional cultivation story, with the protagonist adv 6.4kReads9.5Score72514d adds
19. 19 仙 The Immortal Lord’s Silly Pup Is Both Sweet and Spoiled 仙君大人的傻狗子又宠又甜 Yi Yanyun易烟云Two Male Leads278k WordsCompleted [Powerful leads + sweet romance] [The goofy Crown Prince of the Demon Realm + the aloof Immortal Lord] Sickly Crown Prince Tang Fei has his life saved by an immortal lord. When he wakes, he discovers that in his previous life he was the Demon Venerable who wreaked havoc across the three realms, and the immortal lord who saved him is the one he loves. In his previous life, he was the disciple and the other was his master. His master doted on him, and he repaid him with stolen kisses. He was a dem 64Reads9.1Score—14d adds
20. 20 师 My Master Pretends to Be Aloof Every Day 师尊每天都在装高冷 Xu Yixin许一心Two Male Leads490k WordsCompleted There was a rumor that Elder Lin Chen of the Queyun Sect was having an affair with his eldest disciple. One day, Lin Chen crossed his legs and, with nothing better to do, picked up a romance novel he had bought in the mortal world. But the titles he found were "My Tyrannical Master Fell in Love with Me", "The Purehearted Little Disciple’s Plan to Win Him Over", "Endless Spring: The Untold Secrets Between Master and Disciple"… Furious, he threw the books to the ground. Just then, a strong pair of 538Reads9.2Score11814d adds
21. 21 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Demon Lord Spoiled Me Rotten 穿书后：我竟被魔尊养娇了 Big Orange橙子大Two Male Leads272k WordsCompleted [1v1 + both leads have no past relationships + sweet romance] Luo Xu, a burned-out 996 office worker, dies suddenly and transmigrates into a melodramatic novel called The Demon Lord Works as a Butcher in the Human Realm. But he doesn't become the protagonist or a villainous supporting character. Instead, he ends up in the body of a filthy little black cat that doesn't even have a name. And as soon as he wakes up, a crowd of people start chasing him. With no other choice, he hides in a butcher's 76Reads9.1Score—14d adds
22. 22 疯 Have You Lost Your Mind, Junior Brother? We’re Love Rivals! 疯了吧师弟，我们是情敌啊！ Bamboo, Not a Pig是竹不是猪Two Male Leads403k WordsCompleted [Slow-burn rebirth + no heroine + powerful leads + wuxia fantasy] [Unhinged x everyone’s favorite] After being reborn, Bai Qingfeng wants to give Liu Zhuting a proper lesson, but what is he supposed to do when his legs go weak every time he sees him? One day, Bai Qingfeng looked at the knife in Liu Zhuting’s hand, dropped into a chair, and stammered, “Little Zhuting, let’s talk this out. There’s no need to get physical.” Liu Zhuting curled his lips into a faint smile. “Senior Brother, when have 712Reads9.2Score13914d adds
23. 23 师 Run, Senior Brother! Your Junior Brother Is Trying to Kill You Again 师兄快跑，小师弟又要追杀你 Frost-Cold Traveler霜寒客Two Male Leads358k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, no female lead + senior and junior disciples + hilarious, adored-by-everyone story + faux transmigration + sweet romance] Genius junior disciple vs good-for-nothing senior disciple Pei Yu had spent eighty years sitting on a little stool, waiting. Then an underworld clerk told him he was poor and couldn’t afford a decent reincarnation. Hmph! He knew his older brother, who only cared about fighting over the family fortune, wouldn’t burn him any paper money. When he woke up, he dis 585Reads9.2Score10514d adds
24. 24 孽 My Wicked Disciple Reigns Supreme: The Villainous Master's Guide to Survival 孽徒在上：反派师尊求生之路 Xi Heng西衡Two Male Leads216k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Rebirth + Master + Disciple + No Female Lead + Both Each Other's Only One + One-on-One + Sweet Romance + Comedy + Happy Ending] [Stunningly Beautiful, Aloof, Scheming, Tsundere Disciple × Gentle, Healing, Ethereal Master] A slow burn, with love neither of them recognizes. Could you give it at least a hundred thousand words before you decide? After Gu Qingyang dies, he transmigrates into the role of Xie Jingyu's twisted master. In the book, the original master imprisons the vill 178Reads8.9Score10114d adds
25. 25 演 I Got Addicted to Acting Like a Yandere and Scared My Villainous Master 演病娇成瘾，吓坏了我的反派师尊 Green Valley青谷Two Male Leads598k WordsCompleted [System + suspense + yandere] [To be clear, there is no female lead!!! Yan Zhijing and Nan Huaifeng are the main couple] [Devoted couple + false-yandere male disciple + gentle male master] Top-tier star Yan Zhijing unexpectedly transmigrates into the script for The Grim Reaper. You'd think he'd get to fly on a sword, cultivate immortality, level up by fighting monsters, and be the satisfying male lead of an action-packed story. No, no, no. The System's task is to play a yandere!!! So, “Master, 737Reads9.4Score12714d adds
26. 26 穿 I Transmigrated Into the Demon Lord’s Master 穿成魔尊的师尊了 Wu Lanzi Ye无斓孜叶Two Male Leads299k WordsCompleted As a rich second-generation heir with power, influence, money, and good looks, Chu Qinghui’s biggest problem in life was being forced by his parents and eldest brother to study hard and not be a freeloader. His life couldn’t have been smoother or more satisfying. Perhaps the heavens had taken a dislike to him and gone blind, because when Chu Qinghui woke up one day, he had transmigrated into a novel he’d read and seemed to have become Yao Ling Jun, the Elder of Suxian Peak, a big shot in the cul 18Reads7.0Score—14d adds
27. 27 穿 Book Transmigration: My Obsessive Disciple Turns Evil and Becomes a Demon for Me 穿书：偏执孽徒为我黑化成魔 Fishy Goose鱼鱼鹅Two Male Leads753k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Reborn + No Female Lead + Master and Disciple] Liu Hanqing wakes up to find he’s transmigrated into a Mary Sue novel as a sanctimonious, heartless master. Worst of all, he’s the character he hates most in the entire story. To stay alive, he has no choice but to follow his heart and dote on his little Demon Lord disciple. But who could have guessed that the little Demon Lord would treat him like a wild beast, avoiding him whenever possible and, if she can’t, looking f 424Reads9.2Score10414d adds
28. 28 孽 My Wicked Disciple Is on Top: A Manual for the Villainous Master to Raise His Child 孽徒在上：反派师尊御儿手册 Buying Spicy Strips Takes Coupons Too买辣条也用劵呀Two Male Leads524k WordsCompleted [An ethereal, aloof master vs. a gorgeous, cunning ghost king of a disciple who plays the pig to eat the tiger] Mu Lian transmigrated into a book and became the male lead’s villainous master. In the original story, the villain raised the male lead with ulterior motives, and ultimately caused him to be hunted down and killed by the various sects. Then the male lead was reborn. He took revenge for every betrayal and false accusation he had suffered, and in the end, the villain was framed and kille 3.7kReads9.4Score57014d adds
29. 29 惹 The Trouble-Making Disciple 惹祸的徒弟 Autumn Winds Sweep In寒枫袭来Ancient Romance555k WordsCompleted Because of natural disasters, the people of Liangcheng in Tianguo suffer from severe hunger. With no choice but to leave their hometown to survive, they head for the prosperous capital. A mother and son cling to each other as they make the arduous journey of a thousand li. By the time they reach the outskirts of the capital, the unfortunate mother is on the verge of death from hunger. Looking at her young son, she hopes some kindhearted person will take him in so he won’t starve to death. After 1.7kReads6.9Score10314d adds

    Reader note

    The master-disciple relationship between Shuangnan is hilarious.

30. 30 哥 My Brother's Wedding Outfit Looks Great. Good Thing I Have One Too 哥哥婚服真好看正好我也有一套 Sauce Sauce, Then Brew Brew酱酱又酿酿Two Male Leads1.3M WordsCompleted Complete: [Dual Male Leads + Sweet Transmigration-Into-a-Book Romance + Goofy, Sharp-Tongued Banter + Obsessive Madman + Beloved Younger Man] The aloof, taciturn, beautiful-but-tragic villainous second male lead VS the goofy, sharp-tongued, socially inept, spoiled third male lead Shen Yu accidentally opened a romance novel aimed at female readers and transmigrated into the novel as a third male lead with the same name, a pathetic simp who was eventually ordered executed along with all 108 member 11.5kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
31. 31 徒 Granddisciple, Stop! You’re Defying Your Elders! 徒孙住手，你这是以下犯上 Double Eleven双拾壹Two Male Leads206k WordsCompleted [Master and Disciple + Mutual Devotion] [An aloof, immortal-looking beauty of a grand-disciple vs. a devilish grandmaster who loves to wreak havoc but is too powerful to keep a low profile] Where you are is where my Jianghu is! After waking from nearly a century of slumber, the great demon Yuan Cen had even forgotten his own surname. He ended up living as a beggar, stealing chickens and dogs all day, and eventually managed to steal his “beauty” away... From then on, the two lived a shamelessly c 16Reads8.9Score—14d adds
32. 32 孽 My Mad Disciple! The Aloof Master Refuses to Follow the Bad Ending Script 孽徒已疯！清冷师尊拒拿BE剧本 Cold Mountain Verse寒山词Two Male Leads366k WordsCompleted [Powerful leads + two male leads + no female lead + cultivation] [Unstable mental state · batshit-crazy disciple X aloof beauty of a master] [The master really is an untouchable beauty. He suffers setbacks early on, but saves those who should be saved and kills those who should be killed.] [The disciple has multiple personalities: a maniacal jokester + a yandere with a dark heart + a feral dog who has gone dark. The quieter he gets, the crazier he is. He doesn't just torment himself, he makes 206Reads8.7Score—14d adds
33. 33 大 Senior Brother, Just Who Has a Crush on Me?! 大师兄：究竟是谁暗恋我！ Eat a Little Less少吃一点Two Male Leads723k WordsCompleted The main story is complete. [Tragic beauty pretending to be a vase + a deranged little black-room confinement + no contrived melodrama + seductive + readers say it’s angsty + 1v1!!] Everyone knows that Chaowu, first disciple of the Snowze Mountain Immortal Sect’s leader, tops the beauty rankings despite being a man. He is so beautiful that every year countless people brave the snow to visit the mountain’s Cloudwater Realm. Never mind the two realms of Qian and Kun; even young masters and ladies 3.2kReads9.4Score40814d adds
34. 34 致 Deadly Sweet Love: My Yandere Master’s Disciple Is Too Cunning 致命甜宠：病娇师尊的徒弟太心机 Mu Zhai木宅Two Male Leads300k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Two Male Leads + Yandere + Mutual Devotion + Everyone's Favorite + Scheming + Pure 1v1 Romance + Happy Ending + Transmigrate into a Book] Chi Zaiye transmigrates into a book, becoming the disciple of the great villain in a harem novel. To save the fictional character he loves dearly, Chi Zaiye decides to start by protecting the villain. Of course, he also makes sure to flirt with his unbelievably handsome master. Things work out a little too well: not only does his master take the b 5.1kReads9.4Score89814d adds
35. 35 惨 After My Family Was Slaughtered, a Deranged Killer Kept Me as His Pet 惨遭灭门后，被变态杀人狂圈养了 Hu Yan.胡言.Two Male Leads139k WordsCompleted [Content warning: This book was discontinued because its title was unsuitable, so it has an awful unfinished ending. Don't read it, sorry…] 239Reads8.5Score—14d adds
36. 36 弃 He Abandoned Martial Arts for Literature, Giving a Madman His First Lesson on Opening Court 弃武从文，他给疯批上开朝第一课 Huali Zi花狸子Two Male Leads368k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Tyrant + Obsessive Love + Political Intrigue + Sweet Romance] A deranged, obsessive emperor x a cool, reserved imperial tutor In public, he is the Great Ying Dynasty’s most sinister, cruel, and bloodthirsty tyrant. Everyone in the palace is terrified, never knowing when they’ll meet their end. But in front of Yang Shili, he’s a well-behaved, humble, “respectful of his teacher” good disciple. Yang Shili, a loyal minister who gave up the military for a career in government, take 188Reads8.8Score—14d adds
37. 37 道 The Way Seems to Have No Feelings 道似无情 Snow in Winter and Summer冬夏有雪Two Male Leads912k WordsCompleted [Two male leads] In his previous life, Mo Hengzhi loved his master, Bai Shuangli, with all his heart and courage. But his master was cold and unfeeling, and ascended to immortality just as Mo Hengzhi’s life was nearing its end. While everyone sang Bai Shuangli’s praises, Mo Hengzhi set fire to the little courtyard where he lived in the mortal world and died alone. When he opened his eyes again, he was back at the Qi Refining stage. In his previous life, he had loved without regret. This time, he 5.4kReads9.2Score63214d adds
38. 38 我 After I Died, the Sickly Crown Prince Turned Dark 我死后病娇太子黑化了 Gua Pi'er瓜皮儿Two Male Leads551k WordsCompleted Rebirth + obsessive, lovesick love interest + darkening + no female lead In his previous life, You Ziqing did every kind of wicked deed to help the Sixth Prince, Zhao Ji, and ultimately met a miserable end, discarded once he was no longer useful. Reborn, You Ziqing resolved to mend his ways and become a better person, only to discover that the crown prince he had killed in his previous life had also been reborn. His sworn enemy, the crown prince, hadn't just been reborn: he'd turned dark and gon 2.4kReads9.3Score36114d adds
39. 39 穿 Reborn as a Frail Medicine Jar, I Get a Regent King as a Reward 穿成病弱药罐子，奖励一个摄政王 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads501k WordsCompleted [Sickly, slow-burn, and talkative + unhinged, scheming, and aloof] Su Li transmigrates, only to become a sickly invalid, a complete weakling. The current emperor and the regent have been at each other's throats for years. He's always enjoyed watching those two scheming fools fight, but things are getting more and more out of control. Wait... Why are they trying to wipe out the entire Marquis's household when they're the ones fighting each other? Are you kidding me? One day, the regent tilted his 2.4kReads9.3Score36414d adds
40. 40 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Yandere CEO Imprisoned Me, and I Still Struggled to Survive 穿书后被病娇霸总囚禁仍艰难求 Six-Second Memory六秒记忆Two Male Leads881k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + forced sweetness and doting] A comic artist transmigrates into the comic he wrote, becoming the protagonist, Lin Muy. In the original comic, Lin Mu was as beautiful as a fox. He attracted the obsessive pursuit of a deranged supporting character, driving the protagonist Liu Peiyu, who loved him deeply, to use all kinds of extreme methods. Yet Liu still couldn't win his love, and ultimately skinned Lin Mu alive. To survive, the transmigrated Lin Mu emba 16Reads8.1Score—14d adds

    Reader note

    Forced Pampering – those who've read it say it's a love-hate novel! Five volumes in total! 😳 The first volume, about imprisonment, is lighthearted and funny. The second volume has some infuriating supporting characters; some readers were so angry they couldn't sleep until 4 AM and gave up! 🤦 But those with strong willpower who finished the second volume found the supporting characters to be really well-written and thought-provoking! The third volume sees the main characters' relationship deepen, a sweet and angsty read. The fourth volume is tense, with constant plot twists that are quite amazing and exciting. The fifth volume sees the male lead gradually turn to the dark side – the climax of the entire novel! 😏😳😏

41. 41 为 I’m Going into Seclusion Today 为师今日要闭关 Reduced to Ash in a Finger Snap弹指间灰飞烟灭Two Male Leads413k WordsCompleted A revenge-obsessed, unhinged Dragon-Ao Tian disciple and his cold, protective master, who occasionally loses it. The master transmigrates and spends every day plotting how to steal his disciple’s opportunities and save his own life. The disciple spends every day plotting how to kill his master. Then one day, the disciple realizes he has fallen for the very master he meant to take revenge on in his previous life, and their tangled love and hate begins. A cultivator had one leg mercilessly hacked 144Reads8.2Score—14d adds

    Reader note

    The master transmigrated to this world and spends his days plotting to steal his disciple's opportunities to save his own life; the disciple, on the other hand, spends his days plotting to take his master's life. One day, the disciple discovers he has fallen in love with the master he sought revenge on in his past life, thus beginning a tangled web of love, hate, and revenge. (*´I`*)

42. 42 虐 After Torturing My Master to Death, My Rebellious Disciple Went Mad 虐死师尊后，逆徒他疯了 Director Lu, Who Likes Maolindou喜欢毛林豆的绿主任Two Male Leads66k WordsOngoing During the war between humans and demons, the Venerable Lord Yuqing discovered that his disciple, who had been “dead” for five years, had returned. Wu Jin used ruthless, bloody methods to take over the entire demon realm. He had thought that the two of them would never have anything to do with each other again beyond being opponents. Who could have guessed that Wu Jin would give up attacking the cultivation world, but with two conditions. “First, I want Jiang Qingyi, Venerable Lord of Jadeclear —Reads—Score—14d adds

    Reader note

    Who can kill me?! It hurts so much!!!

Other lists with Book Transmigration: After Giving Up, My Mad Disciple Gets His Comeuppance